Endsars Protests News Today

Explore African cities' public spaces and their role in protests, political engagement, and societal change.

Explore African cities' public spaces and their role in protests, political engagement, and societal change.

Lagos state government has announced plans for a mass burial of more than 100 people killed during Nigeria's 2020 anti-police brutality rallies, sparking renewed criticism over a crackdown on protesters.

There is no doubt on the minds of discerning Nigerians, including the political class, that what is needed to empower the protracted Nigerian national project is the urgent need to reset Nigeria’s federalism through a crucial restructuring.

Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, has blamed the rise in attacks on custodial facilities in Nigeria on #EndSARS protests.

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The Federal Government has denied a report by the Inter-Governmental Action Group against Money Laundering in West Africa (GIABA) alluding that the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) was laundering N18 billion through Nigeria’s financial system to deepen terrorism.

The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa (CAPPA), at the weekend, demanded justice for victims of last year’s #EndSARS protests, especially those killed or maimed at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos on October 20, 2020.

To mark the first year of the nationwide #EndSARS protests, Edo and Rivers residents, yesterday, took to the streets to demand action on the recommendations turned in by the various judicial panels of inquiry.

Young Nigerians turned out for the first anniversary of the Nigerian Army's shooting of EndSARS protesters in 2020.